Joe R. Lansdale Quotes

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I thought I had the world by the tail. It took me a few years to realize the closest I was to having the world by the tail was being a dingle berry on one of its ass hairs.

Joe R. Lansdale

Let me tell you, if you have never seen an agitated squirrel you have seen very little, nor have you heard much, because the sound of an angry squirrel is not to be forgotten.

Joe R. Lansdale

There's no one more obnoxious and self-righteous than the self-made man. And no one more admirable.

Joe R. Lansdale

It was the kind of talk that made me want to break off a limb and take to whacking her and that bunch of hypocrites across the back of the head.

Joe R. Lansdale

They might have been all-right people doing the best they could, but I got to tell you, you got a dead cat lying in your yard you ought to bury it. That's my motto.

Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale

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Born: October 28, 1951 (age 74)

Bio: Joe Richard Lansdale is an American writer, author, martial arts expert, and martial arts instructor.

Known for:

Savage Season (1990)
The Bottoms (2000)
The Thicket (2013)
Honky Tonk samurai (2016)
Mucho Mojo (1994)

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